Hillside Foursquare Church - Reno

As you read through the Gospels, you’ll see that Jesus’ interactions with others are very interesting. His dealings with those of bad reputation (sinners & tax-collectors) wasn’t focused on His pointing out their failures or centered on the things they needed to do to become acceptable to Him & God. Rather, the message He communicated was repentance (turning from sin & a wrong way of thinking, & t...

Turning 13 for a Hebrew boy was a big deal – it was the official recognition that the boy was now a man – they even had a special ceremony to commemorate it: the Bar-Mitzvah, which means, “the son of the commandments”. (Girls had a similar ceremony at age 12 - the Bat-Mitzvah, which means, "the daughter of the commandments.") This reminds me of passage in Ephesians 4 where Paul shares the expectat...

Today's passage explores Hebrews 3 & 4.

Today's message is called: Love Me?  Learning to love yourself like God does, so you can love others like He does... Our text is Matthew 22. NOTE: Noel Scofield shares her story beginning at approximately minute 31 of this podcast.

Today's message is from Romans 8 & the title is "God Is At Work"

Today's message consists of 3 stories - Marie Lear, Willie Williams, & Tony Macaluso.

Today's message is by Hillside's own Danae Lear - she is talking about God's faithfulness to us. The text is Paul's letter to the Philippians. NOTE: about 2 minutes into this podcast, the audio cuts out - it resumes a few seconds later.

Our text for today is John 20 - & we're exploring what it means at Hillside to be on a mission from God...

“What would Jesus be doing if He were walking in my shoes, in my neighborhood, in the place I live, work, & recreate?” That’s a question every Christ-follower is faced with, every day. Because when it comes down to it, living life as a Christian is all about finding ways to practically & actively love God, & love people in the same way He does. This doesn’t equate to following a divine “to do” lis...

In Mark 10:13-16, we see Jesus hanging out with His disciples… Many parents took the opportunity to bring their children to Him so He would bless them & hold them. His well meaning disciples saw what was happening & decided that they needed to stop the parents from approaching Jesus with their kids because Jesus was OBVIOUSLY busy & OBVIOUSLY had more important things to do than spend His time int...

Today's message, "Finding Your Tribe" is presented by Willie Williams.

NOTE: As a part of today's message, Moses Scofield shares his story. One of my favorite stories from the book of Genesis & one of the best insights into what God thinks of our human need for connection is found in Genesis 2. At that point, God was all but finished with His creation. Genesis 1 reveals that God spoke & there was light. Light. Heaven. Stars. Sky. Waters. Earth. Plants. Flowers. Trees...

NOTE: Ronnie Toft shares his story as a part of today's message. Our text is Ephesians 2:8-10

NOTE: As a part of this message, Jenny Wall & Danae Lear share their stories. Our text is John 15 & 16.

NOTE: As a part of the Easter Sunday message, Tim Meredith shares his story. Our text for this morning is John 18 & 20.

NOTE: There are two stories told as a part of the message today. Chemane Trimble - runs from minute 24 to 36 of this podcast Debi Johnson - runs from minute 36 to 41. Jesus uses a powerful word picture to describe what happens when a person embraces the Good News & puts their trust in Christ is found in John 5:24   Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word & believes Him who sent Me has et...

We're continuing our Easter 2014 series, "Tell Your Story." Our text today deal's with the Apostle Paul's story, & includes Acts 9 & Acts 26. Also, as a part of this series, several Hillside-ers will be telling their stories: these are accounts of where Christ met, saved, transformed, & healed them. Today, we'll hear from Willie Williams & Pastor Joni Locke. Willie's story runs from 20:00-27:35 of...

Today we're beginning our Easter 2014 series, "Tell Your Story" - Our texts for today are Acts 1 & Revelation 12. Also, as a part of this series, several Hillside-ers will be telling their stories: these are accounts of where Christ met, saved, transformed, & healed them. Today, we'll hear Shawn & Marie Lear dedicate their son Max to the Lord... as well as the story of God's healing & redemption i...

This is our last message in the "Letters From John" series, & covers the letters of 2nd & 3rd John.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ (Anointed One) has been born of God, & everyone who loves  the Father loves whoever has been born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God & obey His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the wo...

What's on the ingredients label? My daughter, theWeez, likes to eat healthy. Which means she reads the ingredients labels on everything. I mean, EVERYTHING. The other morning, I was making an egg burrito, & she declared, “Those tortillas are gross. Dad, do you know how many ingredients are in them?” “Um. 3?” “Nope. Like 20. You really have to be careful what you’re putting in your body.” “Duly not...

Over the last few weeks in our “Letters from John” series, we’ve discovered that John is just a little redundant when it comes to a couple of the things he wants to make sure to communicate to his readers. The most significant, to me, is his repetition of Christ’s commandment: “Love one another.” Here in chapter 3, he gets into some detail about just what “loving one another” looks like, lived out...

John reveals some very important things in his letters to the church about WHY Jesus Christ came to earth. In 1John 3 he tells us:   You know that He (Christ) appeared in order to take away sins, & in Him there is no sin…the reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1John 3:5 & 8b   Think about it: Jesus came to take away sin (& the result of sin, death,) & to destroy t...

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. 1John 2:15-17   At first glance, Joh...

On the night He was betrayed, Jesus sat around the table with 11 of His disciples, the aftermath of the Passover meal in their bellies. And He talked with them – treasured conversations, some of Christ’s last words to them before He was taken & crucified.   Something He said caught their attention: “A new commandment I give to you…” New? That HAD to be significant… & I can imagine each of the disc...